Chapter 718: One-Night Miracle II (1/2)
Chapter 718: One-Night Miracle (II)
Translated by: Hypersheep325
Edited by: Michyrr
”Siling, is what I'm looking at real?” Zhao Yatong muttered, her eyes filled with a deep shock.
”I wanted to ask this question to you.” The shock in Bai Siling's eyes was not one bit less than Zhao Yatong's.
As the pair watched on, the tens of thousands of modules were just about to finish one level, and not even fifteen minutes had passed. Their understanding of city construction and engineering had been completely overturned.
”Ready!”
”Team two, get ready! Pour the solder! Quickly!”
”Everyone else, stand aside! Keep your distance! Crane!”
“Begin to connect the modules!”
……
Shouts came from all over the city. The more than one hundred thousand people had been divided into nearly one thousand teams. Each team was led by an experienced craftsman, and they all worked together, not interfering with each other and coordinating their duties.
Anyone who saw this sight would feel a deep shock, but what was being revealed here was a concept and skill for construction that was completely beyond this era!
Although it was late at night, the City of Steel was abuzz with activity, but nobody except those within knew what was going on.
As Bai Siling and Zhao Yatong stood on the city walls in the blustery wind, they gazed at the distant Wang Chong and Zhang Shouzhi with a strange light in their eyes.
A focused man was incredibly alluring. At this moment, Wang Chong was standing unmoving on the wall, all his attention on the construction. However, his incredible foresight, his commanding air, and his eternal grasp of the overall situation had left deep impressions on these two women, leaving them greatly moved.
For a moment, the two felt like there was nothing in the world that Wang Chong could not accomplish!
”I understand. He was intentionally slowing the construction speed so he could leave those people numb from shock!” Zhao Yatong's eyes fluctuated with emotion. ”He was waiting for them to put down their guard, and also for the steel modules and workmen to arrive!”
”Mm. He fooled everyone!!”
Bai Siling didn't show any sign of blame on her face as she said these words. On the contrary, there was a deep pride and satisfaction, as if she had been the one who did all this.
”This little bastard!”
This night was bound to be a night of suffering for many factions.
……
Dawn broke in the east as the morning sun rose over the horizon.
Just like usual, the galloping of hooves heralded the arrival of the first horse as it neared Wang Chong's City of Steel. The man atop it had been repeating this surveillance for more than a month, so he was extremely familiar with the procedure.
”Building a city is such an exhausting and time-consuming task that not even one or two years will be enough. I really don't know when I'll be able to stop this constant repetition of going back and forth,” the rider muttered to himself.
Although observation was a scout's duty and he didn't have anything to complain about, inevitably, this place was not the battlefield. Every day, he would go to the same place, observe the same things, give the same report… This sort of day repeating over and over would make even the most devoted scout begin to feel irritated.
”…I can only hope that after a while, I can get transferred elsewhere. Even if it's the front lines, it'd be much better than this boring job! I certainly don't want to waste two years here!”
While muttering to himself, the rider urged his horse forward, quickening his pace toward the observation point.
The City of Steel was under very heavy guard, with several thousand soldiers assembled there. There was also a high chance that many of the elites who had participated in the war of the southwest were amongst this number. These were true experts, and any conflict with them would lead to a great deal of trouble.
As a result, all the scouts maintained a considerable distance to avoid any conflicts. In any case, scouting and observation had never required running right up to the enemy force.
There were many people observing this area, and it could already be considered the heart of the empire. The Goguryeons, Turks, Western Regioners, Tibetans, Arabs, Characenians… all of them had come, dressed in disguises that made them seem like ordinary travelers.
If this were the heartland of the Great Tang, this would be unacceptable, but since this was Qixi, near the Western Regions and at the confluence of Ü-Tsang and the Western Turkic Khaganate, it was perfectly normal.
The large number of people meant that one had to come early to pick their spot. This particular rider had chosen a low hill. This coupled with the height of his warhorse made it an excellent vantage point for surveillance.
But when that rider was heading toward his usual hill, he immediately noticed that something was wrong.
A mountainous silhouette was gradually appearing before his eyes.
”This is?”
The rider's eyes widened in astonishment. He had been observing this area for more than a month and was now extremely familiar with the nearby terrain of Wushang. The area that Wang Chong had chosen for his fief was rather flat and lacking in prominent outcrops.
The most prominent geographic feature was probably these low hills. He certainly didn't recall any mountains.
”What's going on here? Am I seeing things?” the rider wondered to himself in shock, but after a few moments, he decided to raise his head and continue. At that moment, he saw the true appearance of that 'mountain', a sight that he would not soon forget.